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The Secret School by Avi
The Book:
The Secret School by Avi
Paperback Edition: ISBN 13: 978-0-15-204699-2
 
The Guide
Setting: 1925
... vocabulary words, definitions, examples
... people, cars, literature
... A Psalm of Life, Amazing Grace
... it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
... ornate penmanship
Dickens, Longfellow, marmot, McGuffey, portmanteau, Shakespeare, Studebaker

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Book:
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Paperback Edition: ISBN 13: 978-0-439-88811-0
 
The Guide
Setting: Mount Eskel
... vocabulary words, definitions, examples

chancel, corset, cruet, fatback, frankincense, myrrh, scrapple, sombrero, wattle
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
The Book:
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Paperback Edition: ISBN: 0-14-230070-5
 
The Guide
Setting: 1937, hick-town, Illinois
... vocabulary words, definitions, examples
... people, places, food
William Shakespeare, General Washington, Cornwallis, Marshall Field, Annie Oakley, Amelia Earhart, Pretty Boy Floyd, Kate Smith

 

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